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A week of rates has been above and below 1.50 - 1.512, 1.476, 1.488, 1.533 and 1.491 on Friday.

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Greenbacks and pounds seem to be steadying out, last 3 days the dollar closed at
1.520, 1.541, and 1.533.

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The greenback is on a roll, as the bailout which was put in place before the incoming administration could get in and mess things up.
Thus the buck has closed at 1.524, 1.464, 1.479, 1.499 and 1.495.

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The buck has got stronger despite the Obama win, it closed at 1.589, 1.605 two days in a row, and then went back up to 1.587.

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On rumours of an Obama win, the dollar lost tremendously last week, closing at 1.64 against the pound on Wednesday, then settling back to 1.639 and 1.617 on Friday.

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The buck has been rising consistently - closing at 1.623, 1.589, 1.562, and 1.559 these last four days. Time to buy greenbacks!

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The dollar has been bucking the pound all week! It closed at 1.716, 1.698 and yesterday at 1.624.

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The buck strengthened the other day to 1.721, then lost some ground to close at 1.732.

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these last three days have been a roller coaster, the Big Board making its largest ever gains on Monday, with 900+ points up.
The buck lost a bit of ground, closing at then 1.698, then 1.723, closing yesterday at 1.747.

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Last three days of trading the buck lost a bit at 1.753, then gained to trade at 1.732 and 1.721. Markets are in turmoil but ought to recover.

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Tuesday the buck eased up, it was 1.813 to the pound, and it rose again today, with trading starting at around 1.784.

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The buck was quoted at 1.839 to the pound, down about .007 from Friday.

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The buck lifted yesterday, opening this morning at 1.825 against the pound.

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The buck opened this morning at 1.853, unchanged from the day before.

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The dollar lost about 1% against the pound according to this morning's quote, which was 1.853 to the pound.

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The dollar strengthened a couple of weeks ago against the pound, quite possibly due to measures the Bush administration took to control the fincancial problems in the sub prime mortgage housing market - which those of us with not so short memories might recall was created by Bill
Clinton against the advice of many Republicans.
It was trading at $1.78 and Friday was $1.82, after being around $2 for a while. That makes it more affordable for Americans to visit London, and, this time of year, flights are down. But make sure you don't book your flight on a fly by night firm or you may not fly at all, which is what has happened here to some 300,000 people!
This blog will give updates on the pound/dollar exchange rate on a weekly, if not daily, basis.
One way to strengthen the old buck is to get in a senior statesman as President, watch the market rally as McCain wins in November.